Basilica of San Francesco
The sun was shining on my last full day, in Assisi. It was December the 12th, 2012.
I headed to the Basilica for a last look, and to enjoy the life sized nativity. The first time I saw it, it was dark and at first glance, I thought that people were standing on the lawn …
Isn't it amazing?
Here is Friar Alessandro, who I'd seen in concert, at the beginning of my stay in Assisi. He sings Ave Maria, in Shepherd's Fields, Bethlehem, for his new Christmas Album "Voice of Joy."
Christmas is not a time nor a season,
but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
~Calvin Coolidge
Piazza Commune
Christmas waves a magic wand
over this world,
and behold,
everything is softer
and more beautiful.
~Norman Vincent Peale
How delicious do all these pastries look?! Unfortunately, I generally would eat so much at my meals I never made it to dessert! Next time!
In Piazza Commune, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva ...
The morning I left Assisi …
As always, it was difficult to leave a place that I love so much and feel so connected to. But, I was off on a great new adventure. I was headed to see my friend Vincenzo, in Genoa!
and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year
for having, in spirit,become a child again at Christmas-time.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder
8 comments:
I am sure that when I go to Assisi (because I know that I have to go) i will love it and I am not going to want to leave.
A wonderful post again from Asissi,
it's a lovely place in Umbrië.
thanks for sharing Lucinda.
Greetings, Joop
I,too, spent a whole month in Assisi last yr...October. Fell completely in love with the landscape and the people. I recognize every single place in your images and now my heart is warm....again. Thanks for the memory.
Bravo, Lucinda, for a wonderful look into Assisi and your travels there. You found the essence of Assisi and experienced so much there. Loved it.
have been reading your other posts...amazing. I commented on another one that I was the first person to stay in Anne's apt and that Franca and I became best friends!! Do you, by chance, have her email? I seem to have lost it in my travels..would love to write her and catch up...
Would have loved to have been in assisi during the Christmas season!!
The Nativity scene looks real. Wow. That's so neat. Your other pictures are simply beautiful and so inviting. Sure makes one want to visit this area at Christmas time...it looks so magical. Thanks for the tour!
Absolute magic!
Thank you!!!! I miss it but it's fun to look back and to share. Thanks for coming by and for commenting!!!
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